Paul Simon – Hearts And Bones (Guitar Intro)

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[Intro] E A E B E A B E [Verse 1]
E
One and one-half wandering Jews

        E
Free to wander wherever they choose

    E
Are   travelling together

       E
In the   Sangre de Cristo

    E
The   Blood of Christ Mountains

   B
Of New Mexico

B7  C#m7  D#m7b5             D#dim
On   the   last leg of the journey

                    C#m7       C#m6
They started a long time ago

                    Bmaj7
The arc of a love affair

                Amaj7
Rainbows in the high desert air
[Chorus 1]
E                               A
Mountain passes slipping into stones

           E
Hearts and bones

           C#m
Hearts and bones

           E
Hearts and bones
[Interlude] E [Verse 2]
E
Thinking back to the season before

        E
Looking back through the cracks in the door

      E
Two people were married

    E
The   act was outrageous

    E 
The   bride was contagious

    B
She burned like a bride

B7    C#m7 D#m7b5                   D#dim
These e -  vents may have had some effect

                     C#m7              C#m6
On the man with the girl by his side

              Bmaj7
The arc of a love affair

                  Amaj7
His hands rolling down her hair
[Chorus 2]
E                                   A
Love like lightning shaking till it moans

           E
Hearts and bones

           C#m
Hearts and bones

           A
Hearts and bones

           E
Hearts and bones
[Bridge]
E
And  whoa whoa whoa she said,
N.C. "Why? Why don't we drive through the night
                      A
We'll wake up down in   Mexico?

E     N.C.
Oh I, I don't know nothin' about nothin' about

   A
No   Mexico

             E   N.C.
And tell me why, why won't you love me for who I am,

             A
Where I am?"

                  Am
He said, "Cause that's not the way the world is baby

E
This is how I love you, baby

G6
This is how I love you, baby"
[Interlude] E [Verse 3]
E
One and one-half wandering Jews

   E
Return to their natural coasts

      E
To resume old acquaintances

E
     Step out occasionally

                             B
And speculate who had been damaged the most

B7   C#m7  D#m7b5                   D#dim
Ea - sy    time will determine if these consolations

        C#m7           C#m6
Will be their reward

             Bmaj7
The arc of a love affair

              Amaj7
Waiting to be restored
[Chorus 3]
E                                            A
You take two bodies and you twirl them into one

                       E
Their hearts and their bones

                     C#m
And they won't come undone

           A
Hearts and bones

           E
Hearts and bones

           C#m
Hearts and bones

           A
Hearts and bones

           E
Hearts and bones
[Outro] E